Unidentified person letter to Charles Young, April 20, 1899.   Save
Charles Young
Description: Letter from a friend in Wilmington, Delaware thanking Charles Young for his friendship. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2_B01F25
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Correspondence; Military officers; World War I, 1914-1918; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Charles Young